{"id":60402,"date":"2026-02-01T01:13:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=60402"},"modified":"2026-02-01T01:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:13:40","slug":"what-ought-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/what-ought-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ought to Be\u2026!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al-Tahir Satti<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hamouda, the university barber, used to pick up terminology from students\u2019 gatherings and then use it as he pleased<\/em>, not as reason dictated. For example, a student once failed to cross a water channel and fell into it. Hamouda rushed to help him up, then reassured his friends, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s okay, guys \u2014 your colleague here was betrayed by his expression.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When I saw Mohammed Al-Faki Suleiman linking the return of Khartoum\u2019s residents to their homes with the Quartet Committee, I was reminded of Hamouda and how he would force an expression into the wrong context. Al-Faki acknowledges that Khartoum\u2019s residents need to return to their homes, yet he forced the Quartet into the narrative, saying: \u201cThey will not stabilize except through a political agreement via the Quartet platform.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are countless urgent events and issues unfolding in Sudan today. Yet Al-Faki found no suitable event to insert the Quartet into except the return of Khartoum\u2019s residents to their homes. There is no connection between the Quartet and the safe and victorious return of families to their homes \u2014 a return made possible first by God\u2019s grace, then by the sacrifices of their army and the honorable members of their people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Al-Faki also claims that the mass return of Khartoum\u2019s residents to their homes is driven by incitement from what he calls the \u201cPort Sudan government,\u201d which suggests he is not following events closely. Khartoum has been liberated, and its government returned before its residents did. Therefore, labeling it the \u201cPort Sudan government\u201d is no longer a relevant tool of political struggle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The displacement of people from their homes through killing, rape, and looting \u2014 as carried out by the militia in Khartoum, Al-Jazira, Al-Fashir, and elsewhere \u2014 is something that occurs in conflicts between right and wrong. What is incomprehensible \u2014 except to Al-Faki\u2019s mind \u2014 is the idea that displaced people are being forcibly returned or incited to return to their homes, as he claims.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A person returns to their home \u2014 the cradle of their childhood and the playground of their youth \u2014 out of longing and deep attachment. But the whims of political dogma do not only kill emotions; they blind both sight and insight from seeing things as they truly are<\/em>. Had Al-Faki and his companions taken an honorable stance when people were displaced, they might have had the right to set conditions for their return \u2014 whether through a Quartet or even a Sextet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But their positions on the occupation of people\u2019s homes were not honorable. Instead, they were as follows:<\/strong>
\n(\u201cAirstrikes forced them into the houses; stop the bombing so they can leave\u201d) \u2014 Zeinab Al-Sadiq.<\/em><\/strong>
\n(\u201cLeaving the houses is linked to stopping the war\u201d) \u2014 Burma Nasser.<\/em><\/strong>
\n(\u201cThese houses were occupied \u2014 how can they just leave them like that?\u201d) \u2014 Al-Nour Hamad.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And:<\/strong>
\n(\u201cReading the Jeddah Declaration as obliging the Rapid Support Forces to vacate homes is na\u00efve \u2014 as if they were defeated and would just leave and hand them over to their enemy. Leaving this way is illogical. Withdrawal must happen through international or regional separation forces\u201d) \u2014 Faisal Mohammed Salih,<\/em><\/strong>
\nwho was once wise before he associated with them and followed their lead, instead of them following his.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The quotations above are merely examples. There are many failed positions and much incitement encouraging the Janjaweed not to leave people\u2019s homes except under international supervision. Therefore, when the subject of people, their homes, and their living conditions arises, these individuals should show some shame \u2014 or at least, that is what their position ought to be.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Al-Tahir Satti Hamouda, the university barber, used to pick up terminology from students\u2019 gatherings and then use it as he pleased, not as reason dictated. For example, a student once failed to cross a water channel and fell into it. Hamouda rushed to help him up, then reassured his friends, saying: \u201cIt\u2019s okay, guys \u2014 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60403,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60402\/revisions\/60403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}